[Preferential Offerings] A little some thing(s) for BadNick

This goes out to you buddy, and to all who may also enjoy life's simple pleasures.

So to put it simply, if you care to join in on the fun, you are free to post any of the following:
AUTOS - WAVES - SPACE

... or start a simple little conversation of interest with (BadNick) what you feel is the relevant topic of the day.

Ride on.


Charger, photo by Corey Notaristefano

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All About the Sea by Ferdinand C. Lane, illustrated by Fritz Kredel (1953)

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3…2…1…

The Sweet Escape, created by Richard Silvera.


[reddit.]

 

Transit of Venus: June 5-6 (2012)

Every 100 years, Venus’ orbit takes it directly between the Earth and the Sun.

This rare event occurs in pairs (the last was in 2004), so if you miss this one you will have to wait until 2117!

THE COMPLETE COVERAGE, courtesy of Space.com / Whatever you'd care to know

+ bonus(es)

Venus Transit of the Sun: A 2012 Observer's Guide (Infographic)


Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson’s primer to the event

 

Updates on the above: In Focus: The Transit of Venus


GALLERY - Click to See More:

Observers around the world (at least those who who were blessed with clear skies) were able to look up yesterday and view our neighboring planet Venus as it passed directly between us and the Sun. This rare event will not reoccur for another 105 years. Scientists used the six-hour transit as an opportunity to perform experiments, helping refine techniques to observe and measure distant exoplanets. Gathered here are images of yesterday’s event, seen from from orbit and from here on Earth.​

-- courtesy of TheAtlantic.


[michpalmer.]
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+ bonus: space + waves (of exhilaration)


「ひので」から見た金星の太陽面通過 ("Transit of Venus across The Sun, at Sunrise")

 

Autos + Waves + SPACE + (infographics!)


'Measuring the Universe: from the transit of Venus to the edge of the cosmos'.
Design and direction by Richard Hogg
Animation by Robert Milne, Ross Philips & Kwok Fung Lam
Music and sound effects, composed by George Demure
Narration and Astro-smarts, prsented by Dr Olivia Johnson
Produced by Henry Holland

 

Space[men] + Waves (this can't go on, every where?)


by Jorgen Reimer (Stockholm)

 

Waves + (fanservice!)

"The rush, the feel, it slows down, to all that you want" ...

Giza. by Bryant Eslava (Orange County to The Big Apple)

 

Jupiter's Rings Revealed

Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter's rings were discovered in 1979 by the passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but their origin was a mystery. Data from the Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003 later confirmed that these rings were created by meteoroid impacts on small nearby moons. As a small meteoroid strikes tiny Adrastea, for example, it will bore into the moon, vaporize, and explode dirt and dust off into a Jovian orbit. Pictured above is an eclipse of the Sun by Jupiter, as viewed from Galileo. Small dust particles high in Jupiter's atmosphere, as well as the dust particles that compose the rings, can be seen by reflected sunlight.


[APOD.]
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+ bonus

The first APOD appeared seventeen years ago [yesterday], on 1995 June 16. Although garnering only 14 page views on that day, we are proud to estimate that APOD has now served over one billion space-related images over the last 1.7 decades. That early beginning, along with a nearly unchanging format, has allowed APOD to be a consistent and familiar site on a web frequently filled with change. Many people don't know, though, that APOD is now translated daily into many major languages and featured on social media sites and smartphone applications. We again thank our readers and NASA for their continued support, as well as the folks who created the great pictures -- many times with considerable effort -- that APOD has been fortunate enough to feature over the years. Many can be contacted by following links found in the credit line under the image. Today's birthday collage includes numerous galaxies captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

 

(Toyota AE86 Sprinter TRUENO GT-APEX?) by AutoOtaku

 

Sharon Tate as Malibu, in 'Don’t make waves' (Mackendrick ; 1967)

 

Photography by Chris Searl (Dec 2010 - MC 29)

 

Breakin' on Bettie

 

Midnight Sun | Iceland by Joe Capra

note attached: BEST VIEWED IN HD AND FULLSCREEN (with scaling off)

For 17 days I travelled solo around the entire island shooting almost 24 hours, sleeping in the car, and eating whenever I had the time. During my days shooting this film I shot 38,000 images, travelled some 2900 miles, and saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and indescribable landscapes on the planet. Iceland is absolutely one of the most beautiful and unusual places you could ever imagine. Especially during the Midnight Sun when the quality of light hitting the landscape is very unusual, and very spectacular.

Iceland is a landscape photographers paradise and playground, and should be number 1 on every photographers must visit list. Iceland during the Midnight Sun is in sort of a permanent state of sunset. The sun never full sets and travels horizontally across the horizon throughout the night, as can be seen in the opening shot and at the :51 second mark in the video.

During the Arctic summer, sunset was at midnight and sunrise was at 3am. The Arctic summer sun provided 24 hours a day of light, with as much as 6 hours daily of "Golden light". Once the sun had set it wouldn't even get dark enough for the stars to come out, and they don't start to reappear until August.

My advice to everyone out there, photographer or not, is simple... You MUST visit Iceland sometime during your lifetime. You will never regret it.

Music by This Will Destroy You
Song: "The World is Our"

[michaellevystudio.]

 

Grow Anthology

[ridesessions. / standardissue.]

 

Val Frey by Daniel Fryer

 

Nota bene: #9 - Photography by Vivian Maier (New York)


[minimalexposition.]

 

Meteor by Squid Vicious


{as seen at Cloud Cap Campground, upon Mount Hood, in Portland, Oregon. Photo taken on August 11, 2010.}

 

Andy Davis

 

Ralph Lauren Car Collection

From the 28th of April (of 2011) ; a selection of Ralph Lauren's most
prestigious sports cars from the 1930s to the present day is on show
for the first time in Europe at Paris' Musée des Arts Décoratifs. 17
outstanding cars, chosen by the curator Rodolphe Rapetti, outline
the main phases of European automobile history. With this collection,
Ralph Lauren shows that the automobile is a major art form created by
the industry's biggest names: Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz,
Jaguar, Porsche and of course, Ferrari, the high point of this unique collection.


[ace. / vimeopro.]

 

coronal mass ejections emanating in space, blasting forth from the surface of sun.


[io9.]